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  • FALLING INTO FALL

    This old earth is gently slipping into autumn, just as she does with admirable precision every year at this time. And just as precisely and predictably, in the northern hemisphere at least,…

  • Bread & Tomatoes

    Tomato Time! Late summer cries out for luscious ripe tomatoes, warm from the garden sun, fresh from the farmer’s market, at every meal, every eating opportunity, throughout the day. I keep a bowl…

  • A Reinforcing Salad for Winter

    I’ve been playing around this week with a rather wonderful salad traditionally served in Naples throughout the Christmas holidays—which, as you know, actually extend from the Feast…

  • Stromboli from the ferry

    A Mediterranean Caper

    I spent the best part of last week on the island of Stromboli—I’m leaving tonight on the overnight ferry to Naples—visiting my friend Beatrice Ughi, the director-in-chief of that wonderful website

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    Springing for Fave

    When people ask what’s the best time to come to Tuscany, I usually answer: In the fall. That’s when the weather is glorious, warm days, cool nights, lots of golden sunshine, markets…

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    Take That, You Locavores!

    That was the sign in my local butcher shop in Cortona when I passed by a couple of days ago. The hand lettering advertises “Vitella Chianina”—vitella being something like what we would…

  • The Longest Winter

    I woke this morning to yet another snowfall, this one downy soft, yielding only about four inches by the time it had stopped. Truly, this seems like the winter with no end.…